MReport September 2018

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TH E M R EP O RT
FINAL THOUGHTS
Insider Perspectives
As we close out our issue dedicated to advancing women in the housing
industry, here is a fresh take on women in the workforce from female
entrepreneurs and equality advocates alike.
"When a female CEO leaves,
the glass ceiling is restored."
New York Times writer Andrew Ross Sorkin on the fact that the number of female CEOs running a Standard & Poor's 500 stock-index company is decreasing.
"Men would be richer, too."
OpenTable CEO Christa Quarles discussing a McKinsey study that reported that equal pay for women would add $12 trillion to global GDP.
"concrete ceiling"
Ilene Lang, Interim President and CEO of Catalyst, a nonprofit studying women and work, on the additional barriers women of color face in the workforce.
"less wishbone, more backbone"
Dr. Terri Cooper, Chief Inclusion Officer at Deloitte Consulting LLP on having "the backbone to ask for what you want."
"ending the delusion that to succeed
you have to burn out"
Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO of Thrive Global, on sustaining a work-life balance.